How many Maranathas are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Maranatha are estimated to be alive in the US today.

How popular is the name Maranatha in 2025?

Maranatha ranks #7491 among US girl names in 2025, with 14 babies given the name.

How rare is the name Maranatha?

About 1 in every 114,805 US girls born in 2025 was named Maranatha — 14 in all.

Will my child share the name Maranatha with classmates?

Maranatha will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Maranatha

Feminine

Maranatha is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 417 girls against 5 boys since 1880.

#7491 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year

rare14 girls in 2025

Maranatha entered the US charts in 1972, peaked at #4679 in 1978, ranks #7491 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Maranatha?

Maranatha first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Maranatha alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 400 people named Maranatha are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Maranatha most popular?

Maranatha peaked in 1978, reaching #4679 nationally. Today it ranks #7491, 2,812 places below that high. See the whole 1978 chart.

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What the data says

146 years of official birth records

The long climb, and where it stands now

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded: 1972
Most girls named: 202422 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #4679reached in 1978
Change vs 2024: −36.4%14 in 2025, from 22

Maranatha sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2024, with 22 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Maranathas among us

400

people named Maranatha are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 114,805 born in 2025 was named Maranatha

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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What happens to a name after it peaks

The Marjan test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Maranatha's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Marjan climbed just as high around 1949, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Marjan's path sketches the road Maranatha is walking now.

40%chance Maranatha will feel “very 2020s” by 2040

Maranatha, aligned on its peakMarjan· peak 1949not yet written

Maranatha today is about where Marjan stood in 1996 — 47 years past a #4673-sized peak. By 2011, Marjan had settled around #15166.

Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Maranatha sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Maranatha beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Maranatha in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Maranathathis name14#7491Christie14#7491Carmelita14#7491Jetta14#7491Hildegard14#7491

US girls given each name in 2025.

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How many Maranathas are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Maranatha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Maranatha in 2025?: Maranatha ranks #7491 among US girl names in 2025, with 14 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Maranatha?: About 1 in every 114,805 US girls born in 2025 was named Maranatha — 14 in all.
Will my child share the name Maranatha with classmates?: Maranatha will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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Christie^#7491 · Carmelita^#7491 · Jetta^#7491 · Hildegard^#7491 · Rickie^#7491 · Billy^#7491 · Angelyn^#7491 · Jewell^#7491

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